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Benefits and Challenges of International Collaboration

Explore the financial leverage, cost benefits, and niche expertise access in international collaborations, along with challenges like schedule issues and cost risks. Learn about missed opportunities and the road ahead for Canada in space exploration.

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Benefits and Challenges of International Collaboration

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  1. Benefits and Challenges of International Collaboration NAS Space Science Week Erick Dupuis

  2. The Mathematical Argument

  3. Benefits (Must be Win-Win) • Financial • Leverage for Partner • Cost Offset for Mission Prime • Access to/Contribution of Niche Expertise • Partnershipssolidify missions in face of political changes

  4. Challenges • Dependency on Partners • Cancelations/Non-Confirmations • MATMOS on ESA’s Trace Gas Orbiter • Synthetic Aperture Radar on NASA’sNeMO • MissedOpportunity: WFIRST • MissedOpportunity: Euclid Image Credit ESA Image Credit ESA Image Credit NASA

  5. Challenges • Schedule Issues • Synchronisation of Authorities • SAR instrument on NeMO (Mismatchbetween confirmation points) • Laser Altimeter on OSIRIS-Rex (delaysbetween phases) • Delays • JWST: Impact on Future Missions • ASTROSAT: Components exceededshelf life Image Credit NASA Image Credit ISRO

  6. Challenges • CostRisks • Impact of Delays • JWST: Costincrease due to delays (and vice-versa) • Moral Obligation to follow-through on extensions • International Space Station • Mars Science Laboratory • Riskassociatedwith not BeingSelectedduringCompetitiveProcess • Discovery, New Frontiers, Explorers, Cosmic Vision

  7. Challenges • Information Sharing • ITAR • MET within 48 hours of beingdescoped on Phoenix becausecontractorafraid to share test resultglitch info • LanguageBarrier • Documents in Japanese on Hitomi and misunderstanding on interpretation of requirements. Image Credit JAXA

  8. New Factors • Commercial Services for Launch and Delivery to the Moon • Impact on international collaboration: unknown • Micro/NanomissionOpportunities • Impact on International Collaboration: unknow • (+) More opportunities for piggy-back • (-) Costreductionreducesimperatives for collaboration • (-) Smaller size reducespayload accommodation • LaunchCostreduction • Impact on International Collaboration: unknow • (+) More opportunities for piggy-back • (-) Costreductionreducesimperatives for collaboration

  9. The Road Ahead for Canada • 1.9B$ for Gateway • $150M/5yrs Lunar Exploration Accelerator Program • Continuation of On-going Missions

  10. Conclusion • Benefits far outweighdifficulties • Whatweneed for Success: • Predictability • Stabilityof Decisions • YetFlexibilityto AccommodateEachOther’s Challenges • Feelslike sharing a bedwith an elephant (or two)

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